Which is quite big, even in my hands. Would I buy it?Initially, I would, but after today's transformation, I decided not to.His transformation is too complicated and fragile for meI prefer to let Optimus Prime kill him. Ha ha ha ha

OK, sorry. I can't resist it but I like Gerwalk modes. Blame iton Macross if you like. But it would be funny if Megatron didtransform halfway and then changed his mind. I couldn'tmake the legs go further back as this would offset thecentre of gravity and Megatron would topple over

OK, I give up. Its time for my appointment and Richardhas to continue the transforming.

After more than an hour, when I came back, it was almost done.Here is Richard with Megatron in his hands. The P38 looked abit oversized but then, maybe it was because the designerswanted it to match with masterpiece Optimus Prime

So, I started to transform while waiting for my/our friend. And let me remind you that this figure is quite big. And not only that, because its a "virgin", the parts were tight and sometimes, I was afraid that I might have broken it.

My hand for comparison

This is his head which is quite thin to me and he has a hole atthe back of his head, which is for his recent screw job

No wonder he has a frown. When transforming, his upperhead will collapse down to his chin before being hidden.Ha ha ha

So, I was waiting for a friend of mine, who is also a friend of our company, to hand over some detailed information at The Outpost. When I arrived, I saw the Masterpiece Megatron. And Richard approacehed me because the light on Megatron's scope is on the blink. So, after repairing it, I decided to take some shots. Then I was approached again because someone had trouble transforming Megatron.

The problem with Binaltech/Masterpiece Transformers was that although they were designed to resemble closely to their original figures, sometimes transforming them is not as simple as it seemed.

Megatron's scope uses two LR44 batteries, which is protected bya plastic cover which you need a screwdriver to open

The problem lies with the plastic piece held with the loose screws.This caused the button on the outside to spin and lost its place.So when you press on it, it gets stuck

Once I tightened it, everything worked! This is how the scope looked whenopened Just a simple red LED, a resistor, a switch and two batteries. Alldesigned into an object a lot of people would kill for.

The scope alone is about close to 8.5 inches .You can view through the scopebut the LED is blocking your view. There is a nice cross-hair but since everythingis blocked its useless

I had the chance to open the inverter up this morning and true to my suspicion, they were using a transformer. This is the part that makes the whole unit hums or gives a high-pitched noise. Anyway, do not try to open it up when there is power because in effect, the circuit transforms a normal 12volt battery DC (Direct Current) to an AC (Alternating Current), which I guessed, could be 160 volts and at a frequency in the Kilohertz range.

Although I did not have the time to test it out on the project, a quick measurement looked as if it could fit. And later on, join it with blue EL and control it with a relay.

There is a switch on the right of the picture which controls the modeof the inverter, (OFF/MUSIC/ON). So, you can either set it to lightall the time or flash in sync with music/sound. We set it to musicand it flashed while were were arguing about the price at the shop.On the left, is the volume control to adjust the Mic's sensitivity

On the left is a fancy-wancy 12volt plug for vehicles and it has quite a long lead.And on the right is the connector from the inverter to the EL string. I can putabout 4 EL strings as the inverter is powerful enough to do that. However,since both of us could not verify the inverter's potential power, I think oneor two 1.5m LE strings are enough. If its longer, the LE string might benot be very bright at all. Still, let's see how it will be when my CreditCard clears up soon.

Here is a closer look at the connectors. The left is from the inverter whilethe right is from the EL string

You can easily cut these strings to make it longer or join with anotherEL string of another colour. All you need to do is to strip the outersheath, locate the two thin wires and that is all there is to it.In theory, that is